Tongzhi period ceremonial halberd
A bronze processional piece with reign marks attributing it to the year 1864.
Southern Chinese yǎnyuèdāo
A large and impressive blade, its pole cut-down.
Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao
Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.
An interesting Japanese yari
Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.
Qing piandao polearm
Of a style that fell out of use with the fall of the Qing.
Sinhalese patisthānaya
A very fine example retaining its original lacquered shaft.
Ming style spearhead
A heavy, well-made piece that was probably a military issue.
Large spearhead from South India
An unusual type with a broad leaf-shaped head with deep sunken panels.
Tibetan spearhead
Of slender type with a chiseled iron knot shaped bolster.
A Sinhalese spear
A nice example of a rare type of weapon from the Sinhalese arsenal.
Tanjore spearhead
Description
A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped blade.
Indian javelin head
With leaf-shaped blade with strong ribbed feature on either side.
Chinese tiger fork
One of the classic weapons in Chinese martial arts.
A south Indian spearhead
A large example of a type called sang.
Chinese javelin head
Description
At first sight, this may look like a miniature version of a standard Qing spearhead.
